"The Hostile Devices of the Demented Demons": Tatian on Astrology and Pharmacology

Approximately one-third of the Oration to the Greeks composed by Tatian the Assyrian is devoted to exposing the origin and current activity of demons in human affairs. The primary goal of the present article is to elucidate the source and logic of Tatian's demonology, specifically as it relates...

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Main Author: Crawford, Matthew R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press [2021]
In: Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-60
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tatianus, Syrus -172, Oratio ad Graecos / Demonology / Astrology / Pharmacology / Enoch
IxTheo Classification:BE Greco-Roman religions
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
CF Christianity and Science
HD Early Judaism
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBH Angelology; demonology
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